Making The Folk Religion Folkloric In Nation-State Formation: The Political Construction of Alevism as a Secular Folkloric Element / Ulus-Devlet Oluşumunda Halk Dinini Folklorize Etmek: Aleviliğin Seküler Folklorik Bir Öge Olarak Siyasal İnşası
Due to their power to bring people together, religions have never fallen from the agenda of political life, they have been transformed depending on the power. The study, that asseses Alevi-Kizilbashes with ruling power in Turkey in such a context, will show how it is possible to ignore the religi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cyprus International University
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Folklor/Edebiyat |
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| Online Access: | https://www.folkloredebiyat.org/Makaleler/1808253990_17-%20ulus%20devlet%20halk%20dini.pdf |
| Summary: | Due to their power to bring people together, religions have never fallen from the
agenda of political life, they have been transformed depending on the power. The
study, that asseses Alevi-Kizilbashes with ruling power in Turkey in such a context,
will show how it is possible to ignore the religiosity of the Alevi-Kizilbashes. It
will be shown that process of pushing the Alevi-Kizilbashes into this non-religious
field provided two openings for the nation-state. The study will claim that one of
these expansions is the homogenization of the religious area of Turkish society
and the other is the construction of a secular cultural space for Turkey. By doing
so, it will be shown that Ehl-i Sunnah could be raised to a monopoly position in
the religious field, and thanks to these communities pushed into the non-religious
folkloric area, Turkish state supports the claim that it has a secular cultural field in
history. Within the scope of this study, in the first part, the political choices made
by the nationalist elites while building national religion will be highlighted. In final
section, it will be focused on how Alevi-Kizilbashes were pushed into the nonreligious field during the institutionalization of the national Turkish state |
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| ISSN: | 1300-7491 1300-7491 |